The MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program monitors and analyzes international press on Mexico with a focus on the US-backed War on Drugs in Mexico and the struggle in Mexico to strengthen the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights. Relevant political developments in both countries are also covered.

Nov 2, 2011

Mexico Politics: Ebrard offers to set Mexico on new course

Fox News Latino: " Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said Tuesday that he would set Mexico on a new course if he won the July 1, 2012, presidential election. "Mexico needs a change in course, it's not a matter of an issue or to correct an area, the economy, education. No, it's a matter of the general course the country is on," Ebrard told MVS radio.

The politician published his platform in various dailies a few days before the Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, Mexico's most important leftist political party, holds an election giving voters a choice between him and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador as the party's candidate." read more